This film publicity image released by Disney-Pixar shows Mike Wazowski, voiced by Billy Crystal in a scene from 'Monsters University.' (AP Photo/Disney-Pixar)

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Todd Hill
News Journal

If animated children's movies seem ready-made for home video, maybe it's because they're such a natural fit for the format. When a film like "Monsters University" arrives on DVD and Blu-ray, parents of small children understand innately that the picture is going to be on a loop in their living rooms and SUVs for months on end.

Although it's been 12 years since "Monsters, Inc.," lead voice actors Billy Crystal and John Goodman haven't lost a step as Mike and Sully in this origins story. But their animators at Pixar have. The studio's legendary winning streak, highlighted by films such as "Toy ...